Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the offer of UK military support to the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz requires a UN resolution.

The Government is in discussions with the US, and Gulf, European and international partners on what we can do to open up the Strait of Hormuz, restoring freedom of navigation as quickly as possible and ease the economic impact.

It would be premature for me to comment on any military planning, noting the need for using all Government levers including diplomacy and working with partners.